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Diabetes type 1 and type 2: What’s the difference?

Type 2: “Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes”

Type 2 diabetes is by far the more common form of the disease, affecting 90 to 95 percent of diabetics, and is completely preventable and nearly 100 percent curable.
If you have type 2, your body is producing some insulin but is unable to recognize insulin and use it properly. This is an advanced stage of insulin-resistance.

Since your insulin is inadequate, sugar can’t get into your cells and instead builds up in your blood, causing a variety of problems. This is why diabetics have elevated blood sugar levels.
Symptoms of type 2 diabetes include:

  • Excessive thirst
  • Extreme hunger (even after eating)
  • Nausea and possible vomiting
  • Unusual weight gain or loss
  • Increased fatigue
  • Irritability
  • Blurred vision
  • Slow healing of wounds
  • Frequent infections
  • Numbness or tingling in feet.

New research suggests if a pregnant woman has optimal vitamin D levels during her pregnancy and then maintains them in her baby once delivered, this should radically reduce if not virtually eliminate the child’s risk of getting type 1 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes, however, is a fully preventable condition that arises from faulty leptin signaling and insulin resistance. Therefore, diabetes can be controlled or reversed by recovering your insulin and leptin sensitivities.

How is this done?

Using only natural ingredients, Diabecinn, water based cinnamon extract, provides an effective solution to reducing the risk of becoming diabetic as well as assisting non-insulin dependent diabetics in reducing high blood sugar levels. Diabecinn is a cinnamon capsule that helps insulin that is already present in type 2 diabetics, become more effective in reducing blood sugar levels.
Clinical trials have shown that cinnamon can reduce blood sugar levels by up to 29% and cholesterol levels by up to 26%. 
The Diabecinn range consists of:

  • Diabecinn™ Original is water-based cinnamon extract that helps improve absorption of glucose by cells and reduces insulin resistance.
  • Diabecinn™ Extra contains vitamin A, B1, B6, B12, C, E, Folic Acid and the minerals Chromium, Zinc, Selenium and Magnesium. It helps reduce fatigue, maintain a normal muscle contraction and blood glucose concentrations
  • Diabecinn™ Feet care is a natural cream that contains 10% urea. 25% of diabetics develop foot problems. Diabecinn is an effective solution to rehydrate chapped feet experienced by diabetics.
  • Diabecinn™ Cholesterol is a water-based cinnamon extract (ZN112) plus red yeast rice extracts that decreases insulin resistance and helps lower cholesterol.

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